Hi all and welcome to another week on the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge.
This week the theme is Home Sweet Home!
There are so many ways you can interpret this theme! Whether you choose to make a new home card or a home decor project, we will be looking forward to seeing what you create!
Third week for our Designer Spotlight Sonia, here's her wonderful Blog!

This week, as soon as I saw the theme, I thought that I finally get my new Tim's die Suburbia with different kind of houses and also the fact that home is my heart's place, where I feel good, where I really feel free. I decided to use an Etcetera tag, size small, altering it with gesso, Distress paints, stencil and more ... in short, we want to say Mixed Media?

I started thinking about my heart and I prepared it with a sheet of Ranger Heavystock and Distress Oxides. I needed of an heart quite big and I dont' have dies in this size! So I cut a petal from Tim Holtz Sizzix Petal Drop die. I drew the shape of the petal on the paper twice obtaining the heart in the size I wanted. You can see the step by step.

I confess: I found this key in a drawer in my mother's house, I known that I would have used it sooner or later in a project. I was inspired by Kaz Hall aka The little shabby shed, a super talented artist who often uses vintage objects in her amazing works!

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Wow, this is awesome Barbara!! Love these big tags, and yours is exceptional! Love the rusty look you've created with much of it. Those house dies are so cool, I really need to put them on my wish list!! xx Maura

Amazing. Perfect. And fabulous! I love the color palette you applied on this tag. The colors are so soft, warm and kinda washed out. I guess we all love Oxides, right? The little houses all together are so cute on this huge heart. Love all the small details and the key! Hugs, Marzena

Oh what a fabulous project Barbara! I love the blues and browns and how they tone so beautifully together, the heart is a wonderful touch. The key works perfectly, that was such a great find on your part! Anne xx

Absolutely glorious, Barbara! I love every detail, from that great textured background to the layered houses, to the finish on the HOME letters (amazing!) to the wonderful vintage rusty key. The distressing of all the elements is so cool. The whole tag just works so beautifully.Alison x

What a wonderful piece! As always, the textures you have created are AMAZING and I also love the way you're able to create beautiful work in a wide variety of color palettes. I feel like I get stuck in the same color schemes, but you always do incredible work in any color combination you choose. I love that about your projects!